Avalon – Residency
12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Avalon @16620
Nov 18 – 26, 2021 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Nov 2021
227 m
Deepest dive
6:55
Longest dive
146
Dives
- Sightings
- 12
- Days between first and last sighting
- 8
- Deepest dive on record
- 227 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2021 | 140 m | — | 116 m |
| Nov 18, 2021 | 178 m | — | 116 m |
| Nov 19, 2021 | 31 m | — | 28 m |
| Nov 20, 2021 | 269 m | — | 220 m |
| Nov 20, 2021 | 320 m | — | 89 m |
| Nov 20, 2021 | 370 m | — | 227 m |
| Nov 22, 2021 | 239 m | — | 41 m |
| Nov 22, 2021 | 274 m | — | 39 m |
| Nov 22, 2021 | 254 m | — | 66 m |
| Nov 23, 2021 | 106 m | — | 76 m |
| Nov 26, 2021 | 315 m | — | 63 m |
| Nov 26, 2021 | 402 m | — | 136 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
227 m
Deepest dive
6:55
Longest dive
146
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
8
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (370 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 20, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 370 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 12 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 31 m – 402 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.